The rise and fall of General Electric
The Story of Money
Manuela Saragosa
4.4 • 400 Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2018
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
GE is one of the greatest names in American business. It was an original member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and at its peak the industrial conglomerate had a market capitalisation of nearly $600bn. But after decades of dealmaking, a weakening power sector is forcing the group's executives to consider radical changes. The FT's Ed Crooks explains.
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| 0:39.9 | General Electric. |
| 0:41.5 | It was an original member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average when the index was first created |
| 0:45.9 | in 1886. |
| 0:47.8 | At its peak in the year 2000, the Industrial Conglomerate had a market capitalization of nearly $600 billion. |
| 0:55.3 | But GE has lost a lot of that value in the last 18 years. |
| 0:59.7 | Today that market capitalization figure is just 118 billion dollars and after decades of |
| 1:05.7 | deal-making a weakening power sector is forcing the company's executives to |
| 1:10.3 | consider some radical changes. |
| 1:13.0 | So today on the show, we're looking at how GE rose to become one of the greatest names |
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